The third year of this award saw yet another increase in applicants with Mindy Michelle Hawkins emerging as the winner. This year’s award was increased by $500 to $1500. The announcement was made at the 2002 Society of North American Goldsmiths’ conference in Denver. ‘Our goal was to acknowledge promise, innovation and individuality,’ according to […]
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The third year of this award saw yet another increase in applicants with Mindy Michelle Hawkins emerging as the winner. This year’s award was increased by $500 to $1500. The announcement was made at the 2002 Society of North American Goldsmiths’ conference in Denver. ‘Our goal was to acknowledge promise, innovation and individuality,’ according to
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The AJF archives contain very little information about the 2001 trip to Phoenix and Scottsdale. We invite anyone who participated in this trip to send us information that we can post on our website. Our Fall 2001 AJF newsletter does have an article that features a conversation with Nancy Worden that took place during this trip.
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In 2001, Mia McEldowney, a noted collector and gallery owner, gave a lecture at SOFA Chicago. This lecture was sponsored by AJF.
In 2001, Nancy Worden gave a lecture at SOFA Chicago. This lecture was sponsored by AJF. Art lovers often ask artists, ‘Where do your images come from?’ At SOFA Chicago, Nancy Worden, wearing a vintage dress given to her by her grandmother, treated her audience to a chronology of her creative influences and creative output.Worden
In this second year of the award program, Mark Rooker was the winner out of an overall field of 39 entries. ‘His brooches focus on social issues that affect us all: our obsessions about body image, sex, wealth and guns,’ noted Mia McEldowney, independent curator and CERF trustee, who chaired the judging panel this year.
In 2000, AJF contributed $1000 to the Oakland Museum for the exhibition Elegant Fantasy: The Jewelry of Arline Fisch.
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In 2000, AJF contributed $1000 to the Tacoma Art Museum Ramona Solberg Fund for the acquisition of the Ron Ho’s Borobudur Necklace.
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In 2000, Giovanni Corvaja traveled from his studio in Padua, Italy, to exhibit his work at SOFA NY and give a lecture. This lecture was sponsored by AJF. Giovanni Corvaja is an internationally recognized studio goldsmith. He describes himself as ‘extremely passionate about the magic and unrealized possibilities of gold.’ True to his passion, his
Yeonmi Kang of Urbana, Illinois, United States, won this first ever award which was announced at the annual conference of the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ‘Our goal was to acknowledge promise, innovation and individuality,’ said Gail M Brown, independent curator and AJF member who was instrumental in bringing the idea
Information about the AJF 1999 trip to the San Francisco area can be found in the Summer 1999 AJF newsletter and Winter 2000 AJF newsletter.
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In 1999, members of AJF participated in a day of special events, gallery and studio visits in New York City during SOFA NY. Information about this special day was published in the Spring 1999 AJF newsletter. This day-trip also featured a visit to the home of noted collector Sandy Grotta, which was noted in the Fall
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